A whale that was entangled in fishing net in the waters off Town Line Beach in Sagaponack has freed itself, Southampton Town police said Monday evening.
Springs Brothers Each Face D.W.I. Charges
East Hampton Town police first pulled over a 2005 Dodge Neon driven by Milton G. Anguisaca-Buestan of Springs on Cedar Ridge Drive near Woodcock Lane Friday night. While police took him to headquarters in Wainscott for booking, his older brother, Claudio R. Anguisaca-Buestan, got behind the wheel of the Neon and drove off.
Jul 11, 2019
Dennis R. Walker Jr. of East Hampton has been charged with a felony for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender, his second such offense since a sexual abuse conviction in 2008.
Jul 11, 2019
An East Hampton man arrested earlier this year on felony drug charges is now facing four misdemeanor charges, three of them drug-related, following a traffic stop in Amagansett.
Jul 11, 2019
Shellfish Hatchery May Move
The East Hampton Town Board moved forward Tuesday on a plan to relocate the town’s shellfish hatchery from Fort Pond Bay in Montauk to a property at the corner of Gann Road and Babe’s Lane in Springs that was acquired for $2.1 million last year.
Town Republicans Re-Elect Officers
The East Hampton Town Republican Committee re-elected the group’s executive board to two-year terms at its 2019 organizational meeting on Friday.
$55 Million for Energy Storage
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on July 3 announced $55 million for commercial and residential energy storage projects on Long Island.
ARTS
A terrific new play, “Safe Space,” is getting its world premiere at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. Undoubtedly bound for larger theaters, it’s about as can’t-miss as local theater gets.
Jul 11, 2019
Maria Bacardi left Cuba in 1961, when she was 4 years old, but, as she has said, “I am not in Cuba, Cuba is in me.” Her immersion in the history and culture of her native country is reflected in the music of her new album, “Duele (It Hurts),” released in May.
Jul 11, 2019
“East Enders,” a two-part music festival organized by Peter Watrous, a guitarist and former music critic for The New York Times, will launch this weekend at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs with three performances that explore the relationship among jazz musicians, artists, and writers during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism.
Jul 11, 2019
Opinion: Rousing Early Mozart Concert
The Choral Society of the Hamptons and the South Fork Chamber Orchestra recently performed some of Mozart’s lesser-known choral works, composed before he was 24 years old. The ensemble, under the spirited direction of its music director, Mark Mangini, performed with professionalism and enthusiasm.
Bits and Pieces: 07.11.19
Philharmonic and dance at Guild Hall, "Mental Illness and Artistic Genius," an Eco-Musical, a Halston Documentary, and more.
On the Decorative Arts
“Three Perspectives on the Decorative Arts,” a lecture series at the Southampton History Museum organized by Tom Edmonds, its executive director, will kick off Saturday with “Roaring Into the Future: Art Deco and Early Modernism in New York, 1925-1935,” a talk by Lori Zabar.
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